US6225881B1 - Thermal magnetic circuit breaker - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a thermomagnetic circuit breaker having a selective trip display.
- thermomagnetic tripping means in a preformed or cast housing with thermomagnetic tripping means are well known in commercial and industrial applications.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,162,739 discloses a means of this kind which has a bimetallic strip for thermal trip resulting from overload currents and a magnetic element for instantaneous trip resulting from short-circuit current surges. The tripped state is displayed by the particular position of the operating handle, as is indicated in U.S. Pat. No. 3,158,717.
- thermomagnetic circuit breaker A means for providing a visual display of an overload condition (reason for trip) in a thermomagnetic circuit breaker is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,883,781 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,519,561.
- the systems described therein use either mechanical or electrical logic information, provided by the bimetallic strip, to execute and produce a display of the overload condition. If such a device is equipped only with overload and momentary reaction elements (trip elements), a selective trip display is provided, where an instantaneous trip reaction exists when the operating handle designates the “tripped” state and the overload display system is not activated.
- circuit breakers having electronic trip units such as U.S. Pat. No. 4,870,531, however, do not always justify the additional costs for the components of electronic trip units.
- thermomagnetic circuit breaker so that upon trip of the thermomagnetic circuit breaker the reason for trip is displayed in simple fashion.
- a circuit breaker comprises a circuit breaker housing having an indicator opening.
- a current path disposed within the circuit breaker housing connects with a protected circuit.
- At least one pair of separable contacts disposed within the current path connects and disconnects the protected circuit.
- the circuit breaker further includes an operating mechanism having a ratchet lever and an operating spring arranged for separation of the separable contacts in response to a first trip condition. External actuation of the actuation of the operating mechanism is provided by an operating handle extending through an access opening in the housing.
- a first trip ratchet is arranged to restrain the ratchet lever from release of the operating spring under quiescent current transferred through the current path.
- a second trip ratchet restrains the first trip ratchet to provide further restraint of the ratchet lever under quiescent current transferred through the current path and to release the restraint in response to the first trip condition.
- a first trip lever includes a first, second and third ends. The first end interacts with the second trip ratchet to remove the restraint. The second end interacts with the operating mechanism to reengage the restraint of the ratchet lever.
- a first trip bar which is pivotally disposed in the circuit breaker, includes a first, second and third end. The first end releasably engages the third end of the first trip lever. The second end is selectively visible through the indicator opening.
- a first sensing unit interacts with the third end of the first trip bar.
- the first sensing unit pivots the first trip bar which releases the third end of the first trip lever to release the restraint to the ratchet lever.
- the release of the restraint separates the separable contacts and pivots the position of the second end of the first trip bar relative to the indicator opening to provide visual indication of the separation of the separable contacts.
- FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view of a mechanism of a multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker, arranged in a preformed housing, with the display of a trip resulting from a momentary overcurrent (tripped state);
- FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view of the mechanism of the multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker of FIG. 1 shown in an energized state;
- FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of the circuit breaker of FIG. 2, in an energized state, wherein the overload and overcurrent reaction elements are omitted;
- FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of a mechanism of the multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker of FIG. 3 shown in a tripped state;
- FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of the circuit breaker in FIG. 2, where the circuit breaker is shown in an energized state and, in addition, the reaction elements for a momentary overcurrent are omitted for the sake of better representation;
- FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of the mechanism of the multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker of FIG. 5 shown in a tripped state;
- FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the mechanism of a multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker of the present invention shown in a tripped state;
- FIG. 8 is a partial sectional view of a second alternative embodiment of a multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker of the present invention shown in a tripped state;
- FIG. 9 is a partial sectional view of a second alternative embodiment of a multicontact thermomagnetic circuit breaker of the present invention shown in a tripped state.
- a circuit breaker 10 arranged in a preformed housing is shown in FIG. 1 and consists of a housing 11 , an operating mechanism 12 , a control element (operating grip, handle) 13 , a current path 14 and a trip unit 15 .
- a line connection 16 and a load connection 17 of the current path 14 are connected with a protective circuit (not shown) via fastening elements (not shown).
- a movable contact 18 of a movable contact arm 20 lies on a stationary contact 19 of the line connection 16 to produce an electric current flow in the current path 14 through the line connection 16 , the stationary contact 19 , the movable contact 18 , the movable contact arm 20 , a flexible line 21 and the load connection 17 .
- the operating mechanism 12 works in a fashion similar to that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,158,717 and serves to open and close the movable contact arm 20 .
- FIG. 2 The latched and closed state of the operating mechanism 12 is represented in FIG. 2, where a mechanical supporting member 22 in the housing 11 forms a rotary bearing 23 at one end of a ratchet lever 24 .
- a ratchet lever surface 25 at the other end of the ratchet lever 24 opposite the bearing 23 is connected with a ratchet surface 26 of a first ratchet 27 , which is seated rotary in the mechanical supporting member 22 .
- a second ratchet 29 which is seated rotary on a rotating shaft 30 in the mechanical supporting member 22 , comprises a ratchet finger 31 , which cooperates with a supporting surface 32 on the first ratchet 27 .
- the trip unit 15 consists of a momentary reaction element 40 , a thermal reaction element 41 , a first tripping bar 42 and a second tripping bar 43 , the bars 42 and 43 being seated rotary in the housing 11 on a common rotary shaft 47 .
- a first trip lever 44 and a second trip lever 45 which on a lever shaft 46 are arranged rotary on the mechanical supporting member 22 , are in each instance arranged between the tripping bars 42 and 43 and the second ratchet 29 .
- the mode of operation of the momentary reaction elements and the thermal reaction elements 40 and 41 within the trip unit 15 are described below with reference to FIGS. 3, 4 , 5 and 6 .
- FIGS. 3 and 4 Operation of the momentary reaction element 40 and the mechanism 12 due to occurrence of a momentary overcurrent is explained in FIGS. 3 and 4, where the thermal reaction element 41 , the second tripping bar 43 and the second trip lever 45 are omitted for the sake of better representation.
- an armature 80 with an armature bearing 81 is pulled up magnetically by a magnet 82 , the magnet 82 being fastened in the housing 11 by means of fastening parts 85 and 86 .
- the armature 80 cooperates with a first end 48 of the first tripping bar 42 and produces clockwise rotation of the first tripping bar 42 about the tripping bar bearing 47 , owing to which a first hook 49 of the first trip lever 44 is released from the first ratchet surface of the first tripping bar 42 .
- the first trip lever 44 is pretensioned clockwise by the use of a spring (not shown), while a first arm 51 of the first trip lever 44 is forcibly pressed against a trip pin 52 of the second ratchet 29 , so that the second ratchet 29 executes a counterclockwise rotation about its bearing 30 .
- the counterclockwise rotation of the second ratchet 29 causes the finger 31 of the second ratchet 29 to be released from the supporting surface 32 of the first ratchet 27 .
- the pretensioning force prevailing between the ratchet lever surface 25 and the ratchet surface 26 by the use of the spring (not shown) actuating the mechanism leads to clockwise rotation of the first ratchet 27 about its bearing surface 28 , whereupon the surface 25 of the ratchet lever 24 is released from the surface 26 of the first ratchet 27 . If the ratchet lever surface 25 has been released from the ratchet surface 26 , the mechanism behaves in a manner similar to the manner described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,158,717, in that the movable contact arm 20 is opened and the line to be protected is disconnected.
- FIG. 3 shows the operating mechanism 12 in the “latched” and “closed” state, where the movable contact 18 is in contact with the stationary contact 19
- FIG. 4 shows the operating mechanism 12 in the “tripped” and “open” state, where the movable contact 18 is electrically separated from the stationary contact 19
- the latched state of FIG. 3 shows a first display 53 on a second end 54 of the first tripping bar 42 , which is arranged within the housing 11 at a position in which it is not visible through a first aperture 55 in the housing 11 .
- FIG 4 shows the first display 53 of the second end 54 of the first tripping bar 42 at a position within the housing 11 in which the first display 53 can be seen through the aperture 55 of the housing 11 , so that a display is provided in this fashion when the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 of the circuit breaker are separated as the result of the reaction of the momentary reaction element 40 to a momentary overcurrent condition.
- a second cam surface 60 of the ratchet lever 24 comes into engagement with the first ratchet 27 until the ratchet surface 25 of the ratchet lever 24 is arranged below the ratchet surface 26 of the first ratchet 27 , whereby engagement of the ratchet surface 26 with the ratchet lever surface 25 of FIG. 3 is made possible.
- Positioning of the ratchet surface 26 on the ratchet lever surface permits the second ratchet 29 to execute a clockwise rotation about its bearing 30 as a result of the force of a restoring spring (not shown), until a stop pin 61 is in engagement with the mechanical supporting member 22 , whereby according to FIG.
- the mode of operation of the thermal reaction element 41 and the mechanism 12 upon occurrence of an overload/overcurrent can be described according to FIGS. 5 and 6 where, for the sake of better illustration, the momentary reaction element 40 , the first tripping bar 42 and the first trip lever 44 have been omitted from the figures.
- the thermal reaction element 41 which is arranged in the current path 14 at a bend (offset piece) 65 , reacts and bends clockwise about the fastening point at the bend as a result of thermal heating of the thermal reaction element 41 and the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion of the material components forming the thermal reaction element 41 , whereby an adjusting screw 66 is moved in the direction of the second tripping bar 43 .
- FIG. 5 shows the operating mechanism 12 in the “locked” and “closed” state, in which the movable contact 18 rests on the stationary contact 19
- FIG. 6 shows the operating mechanism 12 in the “tripped” and “open” state, in which the movable contact 18 is electrically separated from the stationary contact 19
- the locked state of FIG. 5 shows a second display 70 on one end 71 of the second tripping bar 43 , which is arranged within the housing 11 at a position in which the display 70 is not visible through a second aperture 72 in the housing 11 .
- FIG. 6 shows a second display 70 on the end 71 of the second tripping bar 43 at a position within the housing 11 in which the display 70 can be seen through the second aperture 72 in the housing 11 , whereby a display is provided indicating that the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 of the circuit breaker are separated as a result of operation of the thermal reaction element 41 as a function of an overload/overcurrent condition.
- FIGS. 6 and 5 Resetting of the operating mechanism 12 and the thermal reaction element 41 for renewed closing of the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 is represented in FIGS. 6 and 5 (where the reverse sequence of the trip conditions described above should be taken into account). Removal of the overload/overcurrent condition in the current path 14 permits the thermal reaction element 41 to return to its resting position shown in FIG. 5, which is produced as a result of cooling and relaxation of the internal stresses of the material components forming the thermal reaction element 41 . Clock-wise rotation of the handle 13 of FIG.
- Positioning of the ratchet surface 26 on the ratchet lever surface 25 causes clockwise rotation of the second ratchet 29 about its bearing 30 under the force of a restoring spring (not shown) until the stop pin 61 engages with the mechanical supporting member 22 , whereby the finger 31 of the second ratchet 29 engages with the supporting surface 32 of the first ratchet 27 according to FIG. 5 .
- Clockwise rotation of the handle 13 according to FIG. 6 likewise produces engagement of the resetting surface 62 of the handle-supporting member 57 with a second resetting element 73 of the second trip lever 45 , whereby the second trip lever 45 is rotated counterclockwise about its bearing 56 and causes lifting of the second hook 67 of the second trip lever 45 above the second ratchet surface 68 of the second tripping bar 43 .
- the second tripping bar 43 rotates counterclockwise about the tripping bar bearing 57 under the force of a pretensioning spring (not shown), whereby latching of the second hook 67 of the second trip lever 45 with the second ratchet surface 68 of the second tripping bar 43 according to FIG. 5 is made possible.
- Closing of the movable contact arm 20 to bring the movable contact 18 into contact with the stationary contact 19 is produced by counterclockwise rotation of the handle 13 , the elbow lever connection 64 thereby being operated under the force of the springs (not shown) actuating the mechanism in a manner similar to the manner described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,158,717 for bringing the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 into contact and for renewed connection of the line to be protected.
- FIG. 7 shows a tripped state resulting from an overload/overcurrent condition.
- the mode of operation of the thermal reaction element 41 and the mechanism 12 upon occurrence of an overload/overcurrent in the alternative means shown in FIG. 7 is similar to the mode of operation described for FIGS. 5 and 6 indicated above, where an overload/overcurrent in the current path 14 causes clockwise bending (deflection) about the fastening point of the bend 65 of the thermal reaction element 41 , whereby the adjusting screw 66 is moved toward the second tripping bar 43 and hence the second tripping bar 43 is rotated clockwise about the tripping bar bearing 47 to disengage the second hook 67 of the second trip lever 45 from the second ratchet surface 68 of the second tripping bar 43 .
- a pretensioning spring (not shown) provides the force for clockwise rotation of the second trip lever 45 about the lever bearing 46 when the second hook 67 is no longer in engagement with the second ratchet surface 68 . Operation of the second ratchet 29 , the first ratchet 27 , the ratchet lever 24 , the elbow lever connection 64 and the movable contact arm 20 is produced in the fashion corresponding to the description of FIGS. 3 to 6 .
- the overload trip condition of FIG. 7 shows the second display 70 on the second projection 90 of the second trip lever 45 in a position within the housing 11 in which the second display 70 can be seen through the second aperture 72 of the housing, whereby a display is made provided indicating that the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 of the circuit breaker are separated from one another as a result of the mode of operation of the thermal reaction element 41 corresponding to an overload/overcurrent condition.
- Resetting of the operating mechanism 12 and the thermal reaction element 41 to produce renewed closing of the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 is similar to that described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 5 (where the reverse sequence of the trip conditions described should be taken into account).
- the mode of operation of the momentary reaction element 40 and the mechanism 12 upon occurrence of a momentary overcurrent within the alternative means of FIG. 7 is the same as that described for FIGS. 3 and 4, where a momentary overcurrent in the current path 14 is produced such that the armature 80 is pulled up magnetically by magnets 82 , so that the first tripping bar 42 performs a clockwise rotation about the tripping bar bearing 47 for disengaging the first hook 49 of the first trip lever 44 from the first ratchet surface 50 of the first tripping bar 42 .
- a pretensioning spring (not shown) provides a force for rotating the first trip lever 44 clockwise about the lever bearing 46 when the first hook 49 is released from the first ratchet surface 50 and is no longer engaged. Operation of the second ratchet 29 , the first ratchet 27 , the ratchet lever 24 , the elbow lever connection 64 and the movable contact arm 20 is produced in the same fashion as in FIGS. 3 to 6 .
- the overload trip condition of FIG. 7 shows that the second hook 67 of the second trip lever 45 is released from the second ratchet surface 68 of the second tripping bar 43 , and the first hook 49 of the first trip lever 44 is still engaged with the first ratchet surface 50 of the first tripping bar 42 .
- a first display 53 on a first projection 91 of the first trip lever 44 is arranged in a position within the housing 11 in which it cannot be seen through the first aperture 55 in the housing 11 , whereby a display is provided indicating that the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 of the circuit breaker are not separated as a result of a reaction of the momentary reaction element 40 due to a momentary overcurrent condition.
- the first hook 49 of the first trip lever 44 is released from engagement with the first ratchet surface 50 of the first tripping bar 42 , whereby the first display 53 of a first projection 91 of the first trip lever 44 is arranged in a position in the housing 11 in which the first display 53 can be seen from the outside through the first aperture 55 in the housing 11 .
- FIG. 8 The visual display of a trip condition as a result of actuation by a ground fault/accessory tripping means is shown in FIG. 8, where the ground fault/accessory tripping means 100 is arranged in the housing 11 adjacent to the arrangement of the mechanism 12 or outside the housing 11 and comprises a coil arrangement 101 , a trip spring 102 , a trip arm 103 , a solenoid plunger arrangement 115 and a reset lever 105 .
- a reset plate 106 of the solenoid plunger arrangement 115 rests on a permanent magnet 107 within the coil arrangement 101 , while the permanent magnet 107 exerts a sufficient retaining force on the reset plate 106 to produce a counterweight for the opposed pretensioning force of the trip spring 102 .
- a trip signal is supplied by coil wires 108 , which are electrically connected with a coil 109 in the coil arrangement 101 , and permits the coil 109 to produce a magnetic field in such fashion that said magnetic field is opposed to the magnetic field of the permanent magnet 107 , whereby the pulling-up force between the reset plate 106 and the permanent magnet 107 is nullified. Owing to the absence of pulling-up force between the reset plate 106 and the permanent magnet 107 , the reset plate 106 is rapidly moved away from the permanent magnet 107 as a result of the pretensioning force of the trip spring 102 pressing the trip arm 103 , the trip arm 103 being an integral component of the solenoid plunger arrangement 115 .
- the reset plate 106 , the solenoid plunger 104 , the trip arm 103 and an end cap 114 are components of the solenoid plunger arrangement 115 and move together in unitary fashion.
- a rapid movement of the trip arm 103 away from the permanent magnet 107 and in the direction of the first and second tripping bars 42 and 43 results in the projecting end 110 of the trip arm 113 simultaneously striking the second end 54 of the first tripping bar 42 and the second end 71 of the second tripping bar 43 to drive the first and second tripping bars 42 and 43 clockwise about the tripping bar bearing 47 , while the first and second hooks 49 and 67 (for clear representation, not shown in FIG.
- the combined movement of the first and second tripping bars 42 and 43 leads to a first and second display 53 and 70 on the first and second tripping bars 42 and 43 and an arrangement of the same within the housing 11 in a position in which the displays 53 and 70 can be seen through the first and second apertures 55 and 72 in the housing 11 , so that a display is provided indicating that the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 of the circuit breaker are separated as the result of a reaction of the ground fault/accessory tripping means 100 corresponding to a ground fault condition.
- Rapid movement of the trip arm 103 away from the permanent magnet 107 in a tripped position likewise leads to rapid movement of the end cap 114 in the same direction, since the latter likewise is an integral component of the solenoid plunger arrangement 115 .
- the end cap 114 In the tripped position the end cap 114 cooperates with an operating rod 113 at one end of the reset lever 105 to produce clockwise rotation about a reset lever bearing 112 , whereby a reset element 111 at an opposite end of the reset lever 105 is brought into a tripped position.
- the handle-supporting member 57 supports a control surface (not shown) of the handle-supporting member 57 to cooperate with the reset element 111 , which extends through a dividing wall (not shown) of the housing 11 in the mechanical arrangement, and produces counterclockwise rotation of the reset lever 105 about the reset lever bearing 112 .
- the control rod 113 of the reset lever 105 cooperates with the end cap 114 of the solenoid plunger arrangement 115 to drive the solenoid plunger arrangement 115 and the reset plate 106 in the direction of the permanent magnet 107 against the pretensioning force applied by the trip spring 102 .
- FIG. 9 Visual display of a trip condition resulting from operation of an accessory tripping means (accessory) such as an undervoltage tripping means or a working current tripping means is shown in FIG. 9, where the accessory 120 is arranged within the housing 11 in an arrangement adjacent to that of the mechanism 12 or outside the housing 11 , and comprises a signaling means through coil wires 121 to receive a trip signal, a coil arrangement 122 in a coil housing 123 , and a tripping solenoid plunger 124 for cooperation with the mechanism 12 shown (in FIG. 1) for the purpose of opening the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 corresponding to occurrence of an accessory trip signal.
- an accessory tripping means such as an undervoltage tripping means or a working current tripping means
- a trip signal to the coil wires 121 which in each instance are electrically connected with a coil 128 in the coil arrangement 122 , permits the coil 128 to produce a magnetic field for exerting a magnetic pulling-up force on a solenoid plunger member 129 for pulling a solenoid plunger end 130 of the solenoid plunger member 129 of the solenoid plunger 124 and the control plate 127 downward in the direction of the pretensioning force of a restoring spring 126 , so that the control plate 127 strikes the trip pin 52 , which extends through a dividing wall (not shown) of the housing 11 in the direction of the accessory arrangement adjacent to the mechanical arrangement, the second ratchet 29 being rotated counter-clockwise about the bearing 30 .
- Rotation of the second ratchet 29 is followed by operation of the first ratchet 27 , the ratchet lever 24 , the elbow lever connection 64 and the movable contact arm 20 in the fashion corresponding to the description referring to FIGS. 3 to 6 . Since the trip condition as a result of operation of an accessory 120 does not affect the first tripping bar 42 , the second tripping bar 43 , the first trip lever 44 or the second trip lever 45 , the positions of the first and second displays 53 and 70 remain concealed in the housing 11 and are not visible through the first and second apertures 55 and 72 of the housing 11 , so that only the tripped position of the handle 13 is visible and serves to indicate that an accessory trip condition exists.
- Resetting of the mechanism 12 (FIG. 1, adjacent mechanical arrangement) and the accessory 120 to produce renewed closing of the movable and stationary contacts 18 and 19 makes it necessary first for the tripping signal to the coil wires 121 for de-energizing the coil 128 to be removed.
- Removal of the tripping signal likewise removes the magnetic field generated by means of the coil 128 , whereby the magnetically generated tripping force is nullified as counter force to the force of the restoring spring 126 , so that the spring 126 cooperates with the solenoid plunger end 130 to lift the solenoid plunger member 129 , the tripping solenoid plunger 124 and the control plate 127 until the solenoid plunger end 130 stops at the inner surface 125 of the coil housing 123 and the control plate 127 is released from the trip pin 52 to form a separating slot between the control plate 127 and the trip pin 52 .
- the handle 13 supported by the handle-supporting member 57 can be rotated clockwise about the handle bearing 56 (FIG. 1, adjacent mechanical arrangement) to produce renewed latching of the mechanism 12 and renewed closing of the movable contact arm 20 according to the description referring to FIGS. 3 to 6 .
- thermomagnetic circuit breaker in a preformed housing therefore comprises a display means for the selective display of reasons for trip.
- Tripping bars operable independently of one another provide a trip function as well as a display function.
- a display may be effected with additional trip levers.
- Combinations of independently operable tripping bars and an operating handle provide a display means for the display of an overload, momentary, ground fault or accessory trip condition.
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